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... some chain somewhere in the old town (I’m calling hungry on the reason for having no idea where or what!). Sitting on a doorstep on C de Ferran I ate my sandwich and drank my beer. Probably the worst part of my sandwich was the realisation it had dislodge one of the caps I needed to get replaced and I would have to spend the rest of my trip with a bung tooth.

After lunch I started my real walk through the Barrio Gothic.For the most part ...

Day started with a subway ride to the Las Ramblas area and a meet up with our guide Miriam. We then rented some bikes for a riding tour of the old city area. Things started off a bit shaky when Tamar has some real trouble riding the bike. Yeah let's just say there is a garage door in a small alley that has a nice little dent in it still! ;) The group went on without Tamar and I for a tour while ...

The rave reviews on Yelp were all true--Teresa Carles has some of the finest veggies I have yet to taste. I chose a menu of salad plus a main dish of couscous. Had enough left over for lunch tomorrow so at 12 Euros including the bottled water, this is not bad for two meals.

Carrefour was a 4 minute walk from the restaurant on the famous wide boulevard known as La Rambla and that, in turn, is only ...

... sunshine!! The weather here just seems to change insanely quickly. We decided we'd head to the beach as we haven't really spent much time on any beaches. The beach here is right on the edge of the city. Kinda like oriental parade only 10x better and bigger. You can tell you're in Europe as soon as you get to the beach because it appears that clothing is optional... Everywhere you look, boobs, bums and in some cases it's just all out for the world to ...